Jason Statham Set to Star in David Ayer-Directed Sylvester Stallone-Scripted Action Movie LEVON'S TRADE
Jason Statham (The Meg) has signed on to star in a new action film project titled Levon’s Trade, which is being directed by David Ayer (Fury, Suicide Squad) from a script written by Sylvester Stallone (Rocky, Rambo). This is quite a fun team of talent coming together to make an action movie! This is actually the first script that Stallone has written since Rambo: Last Blood in 2019.
The film is based on the novel of the same name written by comic author Chuck Dixon. The book is the first of eleven in the thriller series. Stallone’s Balboa Productions had previously developed the project as a TV series. Ayer and Statham worked together on the upcoming movie Beekeeper and Stallone has worked the actor on The Expendables franchise.
The movie will “chart how Levon Cade (Statham) left his ‘profession’ behind him to go ‘straight’ and work in construction. He wants to live a simple life and be a good father to his daughter. But when his boss’s teenage daughter Jenny vanishes, he’s called upon to re-employ the skills that made him a legendary figure in the shadowy world of black ops. His hunt for the missing college student takes him deep into the heart of a sinister criminal conspiracy creating a chain reaction that will threaten his new way of life.”
Producer Bill Block said in a statement: “I am thrilled to be reuniting with some of my most talented and longstanding partners on Levon’s Trade. I first worked with David Ayer on Fury and it was immediately clear that he is a director at the very top of his game. Jason and I have worked together on a number of films, and most recently the three of us collaborated on The Beekeeper. Levon’s Trade is going to be another spectacular action movie and I’m confident we’ve assembled the dream team to bring the first novel in this celebrated series to the big screen.”
The movie is set to start shooting in March 2024 in London.
Source: Deadline